Every year after E3, the Game Critics Awards seeks to award outstanding games showcased at E3 with best of show awards for their genre. There was fierce competition for each of the categories this year, but the real winner seems to be Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky, which won several categories. Nintendo wasn’t left out either, managing to claim the Best Fighting Game award with Super Smash Bros., as well as best handheld game for Super Smash Bros. 3DS. Nintendo also claimed the best Casual Game with Mario Maker. Here’s a look at the results for all the categories.

Yoshi’s Wooly World is fun if you like previous Yoshi games. I wasn’t too impressed with it on the show floor, but I recognize that’s because I don’t care for the Yoshi spit n’ shit mechanic as I like to call it.

Ducked

I was pretty impressed with Woolly World compared to the previous titles. Yoshi’s New Island was a disaster. But Woolly World feels different . I love the animation of the game, and the two player co-op feature. I understand it isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

rp17

I don’t know why Mario Maker is on the list. It was by far the most boring thing to me. I feel the same way as Ashely does about Yoshi games, but I still think Woolly World should have been Best Casual/Family Game.

Ducked

I like the concept of Mario Maker, creating your own Mario levels sounds really fun. But I too think Yoshi Woolly World should’ve won.

What I saw about Evolve was quite cool actually and I’m not even really interested in that genre. Personally I didn’t really feel anything at the whole E3 to be really outstanding. Next year, with Zelda, there’s one title in for me for sure, but this E3 was full of ‘maybe I’m going to play that, or maybe that one’ nothing that really encouraged me to trigger the buy button, especially on the competition’s side. Although I understand that Stuff like No Man’s Sky, the Division and the new Rainbow Six deserve some kudos.

Evolve is shown = “Async gameplay is the way of the future!!! GAME OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

FutureFox

To be fair Nintendo did really have great examples, if any.

ScrewAttack

Asymmetric gameplay mate. It’s done by the L4D team iirc, and if it’s anything like that it’ll be evergreen.
Not saying some of those titles you mentioned don’t look better, but Evolve has potential too.

nigeriangamer

yea i fully agree with you.there were better games out there, i just dont see anything impressive about it.

Magnus Eriksson

Looking forward to Mario Maker.

MerryBlind .

me too!

jjbredesen

I am to, but i am hoping that it is not as simple as what has been shown now, because there are way better level editors for mario on the internet, Mario Flash is a great example of a fantastic level editor, so i would expect Mario Maker to have even more futures than that if i am going to buy it.

Still looks great, and the skin future is really cool to!

ScrewAttack

I’m gagging for SMB2 assets in NSMB style…..or if they just added shy guys to the NSMB set. Really really wanna recreate that game.

Yousif Alromaithi

Awesome. Hey buddy you watching World Cup or no.

Link00

When has Nintendo ever not won Best Social/Casual/Familly Game? 🙂

David Trail

Mario Maker is hardly a casual game as well.

David Trail

Evolve best at the show? You’re having a laugh. These critics don’t know anything.

David Trail

Modern gamers make me puke and vomit.

TheBoldman67

I know, right? I mean seriously, I like that Nintendo won some awards, but to put Evolve as best game? Like, what is that?

David Trail

It won best action games and online game too. I would personally play Splatoon than that garbage. Splatoon has online right?

Christian Schoff

Yes it will be online.

David Trail

And Evolve won?

ScrewAttack

My problem lies with the fact that “the kids of today” only care about “winning” and belittling their fellow players. It’s not about the fun any more.

Hence, little bitches camping in the corner of a room with shotguns all match. Why? Seriously. It’s pretty much killed shooters for me.

Evolve won so many awards. I bet when it comes out. It will sell well for a week and be forgotten as quickly as Titanfall.

Turtler

Did Evolve really win? It seems like a game that people would get tired of quickly.

David Trail

Another Titanfall by the looks of it.

ScrewAttack

Ouch, that’s harsh. Titanfall is an epic fail of a game. The concept remains a good one, but the execution is so poor it makes CoD look amazing. Sloppy as fook!

Dallas Gooch

Exactly what I thought when I saw real gameplay after it came out xD
It had wayyyyy too much hype which is part of what killed it. People expected too much of it. I too liked the concept alot but the execution was very poor.

David Trail

Mario is more hardcore than a lot of sh%t these days. Anyone played New Super Luigi Bros and some levels in NSMBU are tough as hell. Gamers don’t know what they are talking about these days.

David Trail

I would have put Splatoon as the the most innovative game

David Trail

Give me Bayonetta 2 over Batman anyway of the week.

Christian Schoff

Evolve really did look amazing to me and they’ll have multiple monsters and levels and lots of customization. It’s a spiritual sequel to Left 4 Dead which is a good game and still played a lot. My issue is with No Man’s Sky which was 100% conceptual. That game, if it ever comes out, won’t be seen until at least 2016.

Denis Ceti

Im supriced Evolved didn’t win Best Hardware/Periphal award..

Rinslowe

Can’t wait to get my hands on No Mans Sky, Batman Arkham Knight, Civilization: BE and Smash from that list/ categories…
Just to name a few upcoming games that is, that have me excited to play yet more games.
🙂

HorizonChaser

I was hoping Splatoon would win its category, but kudos to Ninty for the wins.

Vorpal Blade

Dat Evolve doh.

wober2

Wow Evolve is racking up some wins, this game was barely on my radar. Maybe it is the game that jumps me over to ps4 or xboxone. I do love to see nintendo win, it is just weird to me that they are staying out of the most popular genres, where a new metroid would of been more likely to win Best of Show.